Beginning in the fall, guests will be charged $3 per hour after the first two hours up to a $15 daily maximum.

“For the approximately 85 percent of guests who complete their visits in under two hours the parking experience at UTC will be as free as ever,” Westfield said.

Patrons of UTC’s Arclight Cinemas and certain other retailers will be able to receive validations for additional hours of free parking.

The mall said hundreds of cars are parked around the mall daily by individuals taking advantage of the free parking and “poaching” spaces from mall customers. Westfield is worried the problem will increase when the trolley extension opens.

To ease the parking challenge, Westfiled recently opened a four-lane valet drive-up on La Jolla Village Drive. Also in the works is “park assist technology” — a system of red and green lights that leads drivers directly to the first available open space.

Westfield UTC Will Fight Parking ‘Poaching’ with New Controls was last modified: March 29th, 2018 by Chris Jennewein

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